Simple Computer Tune-up: Speed Up Your PC- P3 pptx

Step 5 17Step 6: Optimize Your Internet Settings 32 Step 7: Remove Unnecessary Startup Programs 33 Step 8: Optimize Your Registry Entries 36 Step 9: Optimize Your PC Performance 38 Chapt

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Step 6: Optimize Your Internet Settings 32 Step 7: Remove Unnecessary Startup Programs 33 Step 8: Optimize Your Registry Entries 36 Step 9: Optimize Your PC Performance 38

Chapter 6: Other Ways to Optimize Your PC 47

Chapter 7: Updating PC Pitstop Optimize 71

Chapter 8: Troubleshooting PC Pitstop Optimize 75

Chapter 9: Solve Common Problems with Windows 89

Use System Restore When Windows Won’t Start 94

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Protect Windows from a Botched Software Installation 95

If a Program Won’t Start or Run Properly 96

Temporarily Disable Anti-Virus or

Chapter 10: Customizing Windows

Prevent Windows Messenger from Loading 99

Remove Windows Messenger from the Start Menu 100 Rename Windows Messenger’s Folder 101 Force Windows to Use a Different Instant Messenger 102 Change the Windows Registration Name 104

Disable Automatic Cleanup of Your Desktop 112

Repair a Broken Internet Connection 119 Temporarily Disable Your Software Firewall 119 Reboot Your Modem,Your Router, or Both 120

Prevent Crashes When Copying Text from a Website 132

Determine Your Version of Internet Explorer 136 Determine the Manufacturer and Speed

Determine Your Amount of System Memory (RAM) 138 Determine Your Hard Drive’s Size and Remaining Space 140

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Open Your Computer’s Case 141 Determine Your Hard Drive’s Interface 142

Determine the Video Card’s Interface 157

Chapter 14: Installing Peripherals 183

Chapter 15: Troubleshooting Computers 199

Computer Randomly Crashes or Displays Blue Screen 199

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Nothing Happens When the Computer Is Turned On 201 Computer Takes a Long Time to Power Up 201 Computer Continuously Accesses the Hard Drive 203

Software Installation Goes Horribly Wrong 207

Computer or Software Doesn’t Respond 210

Determine Whether a Program or Game Will Run

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CA would like to thank all of the people who have contributed their technical, editorial, administrative, and/or creative expertise to the making of its first series of CA Simple computer solution books Laural Gentry

Diana Gruhn Lawrence Guerin Mark Haswell Robyn Herbert Christopher Hickey George Kafkarkou David Luft

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